Verse 2

Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 15:1 : 1 Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.
  • John 13:34 : 34 “I give you a new commandment– to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too.
  • 1 Thess 5:14 : 14 And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all.
  • Jas 2:8 : 8 But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture,“You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
  • John 15:12 : 12 My commandment is this– to love one another just as I have loved you.
  • Exod 23:5 : 5 If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.
  • John 13:14-15 : 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example– you should do just as I have done for you.
  • 1 Pet 2:24 : 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.
  • Deut 1:12 : 12 But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?
  • Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
  • 1 John 2:8-9 : 8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. 9 The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness. 10 The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  • Gal 5:13-14 : 13 Practice Love For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely,“You must love your neighbor as yourself.”
  • Num 11:11-12 : 11 And Moses said to the LORD,“Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? 12 Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me,‘Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers?
  • Isa 58:6 : 6 No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke.
  • Matt 8:17 : 17 In this way what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah was fulfilled:“He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry.”
  • Luke 11:46 : 46 But Jesus replied,“Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!